Question

Shantel told her hired hand Warren to gather eggs from the henhouse. Warren collected 30 eggs and brought them to Shantel. Shantel inspected

them and complained that 40% of them were broken. How many of them were still good eggs?
eggs were still good.

Answer 1

Answer: 18 eggs were not broken and considered good.

Step-by-step explanation: 30 x 40% is the amount of eggs that were broken.

30 x 60% would be the amount of eggs that were still good.

This is becuase the total percentage must add up to be 100% between good eggs and broken eggs.

30 x .60 = 18 So 18 eggs were good

30 x .40 = 12, so that was the number of eggs that were broken

You could have done this problem two ways. Either calculate the broken eggs and subtract from the total. 30-12 = 18, or you could have just calculated the correct amount from figuring the percentage of eggs that were good from the beginning.

Answer 2

18 eggs are still good.

Explanation:

If 40% was broken then 60% are still good.

30(.6) = 18